John 16:29

New Century Version

Then the followers of Jesus said, “You are speaking clearly to us now and are not using stories that are hard to understand.

Cross References

Matthew 13:34

Jesus used stories to tell all these things to the people; he always used stories to teach them.

Mark 8:32

Jesus told them plainly what would happen. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to tell him not to talk like that.

John 10:6

Jesus told the people this story, but they did not understand what it meant.

John 16:25

“I have told you these things indirectly in stories. But the time will come when I will not use stories like that to tell you things; I will speak to you in plain words about the Father.